English
Etymology
From Hebrew ישראלי (jiśrəʾēlî). By surface analysis, Israel + -i.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭz-rā'lē, IPA(key): /ɪzˈɹeɪli/
- Rhymes: -eɪli
Noun
Israeli (plural Israelis)
- A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.
2009 September 27, “The New Israel Lobby”, in The New York Times[1]:Until Israel’s critics figure out how to acknowledge the pain and suffering resulting from Palestinian terrorism and exterminationist rhetoric, by pointing the Palestinians and the Arabs toward real change, they will fail to sway those Israelis and Jews that are ready to take a shot at reconciliation.
Usage notes
The demonym Israeli is generally preferred for references to the modern state of Israel or its people, and the form Israelite for references to the ancient land or its people.
Translations
person from Israel or of Israeli descent
- Afrikaans: Israeli
- Albanian: izraelit (sq) m, izraelite f
- Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلِيّ m (ʔisrāʔīliyy), إِسْرَائِيلِيَّة f (ʔisrāʔīliyya)
- Aragonese: israelín m, israelina f, israelí
- Armenian: իսրաելցի (israelcʻi)
- Asturian: israelín (ast) m, israelina (ast) f
- Azerbaijani: israilli
- Basque: israeldar
- Belarusian: ізраільця́нін m (izrailʹcjánin), ізраільця́нка f (izrailʹcjánka)
- Breton: Israelad
- Bulgarian: израилтя́нин m (izrailtjánin), израилтя́нка f (izrailtjánka)
- Catalan: israelià (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 以色列人 (zh) (yǐsèlièrén)
- Corsican: israilianu
- Czech: Izraelec (cs) m, Izraelka (cs) f
- Danish: israeler (da)
- Dutch: Israëli (nl), Israëliër (nl) m, Israëlische (nl) f
- Esperanto: israelano
- Estonian: iisraellane
- Faroese: ísraelsmaður m, ísraeli m
- Finnish: israelilainen (fi)
- French: Israélien (fr)
- Galician: israelí (gl) m, israelita (gl) m or f
- Georgian: ისრაელელი (israeleli), ებრაელი (ka) (ebraeli)
- German: Israeli (de) m
- Greek: Ισραηλινός (el) m or f (Israïlinós)
- Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (he) m (yisr'elí), יִשְׂרְאֵלִית f (yisr'elít)
- Hindi: इस्राइली (isrāilī), इसराईली (hi) m or f (isrāīlī)
- Hungarian: izraeli (hu)
- Icelandic: Ísraelsmaður m, Ísraeli m
- Irish: Iosraelach m
- Italian: israeliano (it)
- Japanese: イスラエル人 (ja) (イスラエルじん, isuraerujin)
- Kazakh: исраилдік (israildık)
- Korean: 이스라엘인 (ko) (iseura'erin), 이스라엘 사람 (iseura'el saram)
- Kyrgyz: израилдик (izraildik)
- Ladino: yisraeli
- Latvian: izraēlietis m, izraēliete f
- Lithuanian: izraelietis (lt) m, izraelietė (lt) f
- Macedonian: Израелец m (Izraelec), Израелка f (Izraelka)
- Maltese: Iżraeljani
- Manx: Israelagh
- Mirandese: israilita, eisraelita
- Northern Kurdish: isaîlî
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: israeler (no) m
- Nynorsk: israelar (nn) m
- Occitan: israelian (oc) m, israeliana (oc) f
- Pashto: اسرایيلي m (esrāilí)
- Persian: اِسْرائیلی (fa) (esrâ'ili)
- Piedmontese: israelian
- Polish: Izraelczyk (pl) m, Izraelka (pl) f
- Portuguese: israelense (pt) m or f, israelita (pt) m or f
- Romanian: israelian m, israeliană f
- Russian: израильтя́нин (ru) m (izrailʹtjánin), израильтя́нка (ru) f (izrailʹtjánka)
- Sardinian: israelianu m, israeliana f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Израе́лац m
- Roman: Izraélac (sh) m
- Slovak: Izraelčan (sk) m, Izraelčanka (sk) f
- Slovene: Izraelec (sl) m
- Spanish: israelí (es) m or f
- Swahili: Mwisraeli (sw)
- Swedish: israel (sv)
- Tajik: исроилӣ (isroyili)
- Turkish: İsrailli (tr)
- Ukrainian: ізраїльтя́нин m (izrajilʹtjányn), ізраїльтя́нка f (izrajilʹtjánka)
- Urdu: اِسْرائیِلی m or f (isrāyilī)
- Uzbek: isroiliy, isroillik
- Venetan: israelian
- Volapük: Yisraelänan
- West Frisian: Israelyske
- Yiddish: ישׂראלדיקער m (yisróeldiker), ישׂראלדיקע f (yisróeldike), ישׂראלי m (yisréeyli)
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Adjective
Israeli (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people.
2018, “Israeli gov't is trying to defund +972 Magazine, report says”, in +972 Magazine:The current Israeli government has been working to curtail and eliminate critical voices within Israeli society in recent years, particularly those fighting to end the occupation and expose human rights violations against Palestinians and marginalized communities.
Usage notes
The demonym Israeli is generally preferred for references to the modern state of Israel or its people, and the form Israelite for references to the ancient land or its people.
Derived terms
Translations
of, from, or pertaining to Israel or the Israeli people
- Afrikaans: Israels, Israelies
- Albanian: izraelit (sq)
- Amharic: እስራኤላዊ (ʾəsraʾelawi)
- Arabic: إِسْرَائِيلِيّ m (ʔisrāʔīliyy)
- Aragonese: israelín m, israelí
- Armenian: իսրաելական (israelakan), իսրաելյան (israelyan)
- Asturian: israelín (ast)
- Azerbaijani: israil, israilli
- Basque: israeldar
- Belarusian: ізра́ільскі (izráilʹski)
- Bengali: ইসরাইলি (iśoraili)
- Breton: Israelad
- Bulgarian: израе́лски (izraélski)
- Burmese: အစ္စရေး (acca.re:)
- Catalan: israelià (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 以色列的 (zh) (Yǐsèliè de), 以- (zh) (Yǐ-)
- Corsican: israilianu
- Czech: izraelský (cs)
- Danish: israelsk (da)
- Dutch: Israëlisch (nl)
- Esperanto: israela
- Estonian: iisraeli
- Faroese: ísraelskur
- Finnish: israelilainen (fi)
- French: israélien (fr) m, israélienne (fr) f
- Galician: israelí (gl), israelita (gl)
- Georgian: ისრაელური (israeluri)
- German: israelisch (de)
- Greek: ισραηλινός (el) (israïlinós)
- Hawaiian: ʻIkelaʻela
- Hebrew: יִשְׂרְאֵלִי (he) m (yisr'elí), יִשְׂרְאֵלִית f (yisr'elít)
- Hindi: इस्राइली (isrāilī), इसराईली (hi) (isrāīlī)
- Hungarian: izraeli (hu)
- Icelandic: ísraelskur
- Irish: Iosraelach
- Italian: israeliano (it) m, israeliana (it) f
- Japanese: イスラエルの (ja) (Isuraeru no)
- Kazakh: израиль (izrail), исраилдік (israildık)
- Khmer: អ៊ីស្រាអែល (km) (ʼiisraaʼael)
- Korean: 이스라엘의 (ko) (iseura'er-ui)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Îsraîl (ku)
- Kyrgyz: израиль (izrail), израилдик (izraildik)
- Ladino: yisraeli
- Lao: ອິດສະລະແອນ (ʼit sa la ʼǣn)
- Latvian: izraēliešu, izraēlisks
- Lithuanian: israelio
- Macedonian: израелски (izraelski)
- Malay: Israel (ms)
- Maltese: Iżraeljani
- Manx: Israelagh
- Mirandese: israilita, eisraelita
- Mongolian: израиль (izrailʹ), израйль (izrajlʹ)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: israelsk (no)
- Nynorsk: israelsk (nn)
- Occitan: israelian (oc)
- Pashto: اسرایيلي (esrāilí)
- Persian: اِسْرائیلی (fa) (esrâ'ili)
- Piedmontese: israelian
- Polish: izraelski (pl) m
- Portuguese: israelense (pt) c, israelita (pt) c
- Romanian: israelian
- Russian: изра́ильский (ru) (izráilʹskij)
- Sardinian: israelianu m, israeliana f
- Scottish Gaelic: Iosraeleach m or f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: и̏зраелскӣ
- Roman: ȉzraelskī (sh)
- Sicilian: srailitu m, srailianu m
- Slovak: izraelský (sk)
- Slovene: izraelski (sl)
- Spanish: israelí (es)
- Swedish: israelisk (sv)
- Tajik: исроил (isroyil), исроилӣ (isroyili)
- Thai: อิสราเอล (th) (ìs-raa-eel)
- Turkish: israilli
- Turkmen: izrail, ysraýyl
- Ukrainian: ізра́їльський (izrájilʹsʹkyj)
- Urdu: اِسْرائیِلی (isrāyilī)
- Uyghur: ئىسرائىلىيە (isra'iliye)
- Uzbek: isroil, isroiliy
- Venetan: israelian
- Vietnamese: I-xra-en
- Welsh: Israelaidd m or f
- Yiddish: ישׂראלדיק (yisróeldik), ישׂראליש (yisreeylish)
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Proper noun
Israeli
- The modern Hebrew language.
2010, Joshua A. Fishman, Ofelia García, Handbook of Language & Ethnic Identity, volume 2, page 73:Thus, when most native Israeli-speakers speak Israeli, their intonation is much more similar to that of Yiddish, the mother tongue of most revivalists, than to that of Arabic or any other language belonging to the Semitic branch […]
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Noun
Israeli (plural Israeli's, diminutive Israeli'tjie)
- Israeli (person from Israel or of Israeli descent)
See also
German
Etymology
From Hebrew יִשְׂרְאֵלִי, possibly after English Israeli. Equivalent to Israel + -i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪsʁaˈeːli/, /iːsʁaˈeːli/
Noun
Israeli m (strong, genitive Israelis or Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli, feminine Israelin or Israeli)
- Israeli (native or inhabitant of Israel; male or unspecified sex)
Declension
Declension of Israeli [masculine, strong]
Noun
Israeli f (genitive Israeli, plural Israelis or (dated) Israeli)
- alternative form of Israelin (“Israeli woman”)
Declension
Declension of Israeli [feminine]
Further reading
- “Israeli” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Israeli” in Duden online
- “Israeli” in Duden online
Latin
Proper noun
Isrāēlī
- dative singular of Isrāēl
Swahili
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Israeli
- (uncommon) Israel (a country in Western Asia in the Middle East, at the eastern shore of the Mediterranean)